WHAT THE HOUSE HAS DONE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 53, 26 November 1907, Page 7

WHAT THE HOUSE HAS DONE.

OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS. A final Parliamentary paper, which was circulated last night, gives.a.summary of the business '(lone by the House of' Representatives during tho session. .''' There were 24 Select Committees on'public matters, and three on private Bills. Theso Committees presented 359 reports.. The Royal assent was given to' 112 public Bills, two were reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, ,49 were dropped or otherwise disposed of, and three private Bills received the Royal assent. Petitions wero presented to tho numbor of 880, comprising 811 from Europeans and .69 from Maoris. .There were 5G divisions in tho whole House, and 275 in Committee—total, 331. The House sat on 92 days. The hours of sitting before midnight were .GG2 and 25 minutes; after midnight, 108 hours 10 minutes; total, 1 770 hours 35 minutes; daily average, 8 hours 2G minutes. Ministers were asked BG4 questions, and 378 papers were laid upon the table. The following is the official list of Acts passed;—, RESERVED FOR THE ROYAL ASSENT. Chinese Immigrants Amendment. .Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment. / ' V . PUBLIC ACTS. . Agricultural Labourers' Accommodation. Agricultural Implement Manufacture, /Importation, niid Sale. Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement. Animals Protection. Apiaries. Appropriation. ■ Beer Duty Act Amendment. Bills of Exchange Act Amendment. Butter Export. Canterbury College Endowment. •Coal Mines Act Amendment. Coal Mines Act Amendment (No. 2); Costley Training Institution Act Amendment Act. Co-operative Dairy Companies. Counties i\ct Amendment. Defence Act Amendment. Education Act Amendment. Factories Act Amendment. . Firo Brigades. , , 'Fisheries Conservation Act Amendment. ■Flour and Other Products Monopoly Prevention. Foreign Tribunals Evidence. Gaming rnd Lottories Act Amondment. ilovernmcnt Advances to Settlers. Government Railways Department Classification. Hospitals and. Charitablo Institutions. Hutt Railway and Road Improvement. Imprest Supply. [Imprest Supply (No. 2). 'Imprest Supply' (NaT 3). ; Imprest Hupply, (No. 4). ■ Imprest Supply (No. 5). Indictable OlFences Summary Jurisdiction Amondment. Infant Life Protection. Land,and Income Assessment. ' Land Laws Amendment. Land Tax end Income Tax. Local Bodies' Loans Act Amondment. Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment. Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment. .Marine Insurance. Methylated .Spirits. . ■' National Endowment. ' Native Land Settlement. .New Zealand and South African Customs Treaty Ratification. Ngatimaru Landless Natives. Otago Presbyterian Church Board of Property Act Amendment. Packet Licenses. Parliamentary and Executive Titles. Police Offences Act Amendment. Police Offences Act Amendment. Post. and Telegraph Classification. Post. Oliice Savings Bank Funds Investment. Post, Office Act Amendment. Public.Health Act Amendment. Public Service Classification. Public Service Superannuation. Public Trust Oliice Amendment. Purangi Landless Natives. Railways Authorisation. Railways Improvements Authorisation. Rangitatau Block Exchange.

Reserve '/unci Securities. Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering. liotorua Town. Sale of Foods and Drugs. Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment. Sen-fisheries. Shops mid Offices Act Amendment. Statutes Repeal. Stock Ac! Amendment. Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Acts Amendment. Taieri Land Drainage. Tariff. Taiimarunni Town- Council Election Validation. Tohunga Suppression. Trustees Amendment. Water-supply Act Amendment. LOCAL ACTS. Auckland Harbour Board and Birkenhead Borough Empowering. Auckland Hospital Acts Amendment. Christchurch District. Drainage Act Amendment. Christchurch District Drainage. Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage' Act 1900 Amendment. Gisborne Harbour Board Enabling. Gore Agricultural and Pastoral Association Vesting and Enabling. Gore Streets. ■ Greymouth Harbour Board Loan. Hastings Recreation Reserve. ■ llutt Park. Levin Borough Reserves Vesting and Empowering. Maniototo Hospital and Charitable Aid. , Makara County. Nelson Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Empowering. " ' ' ' \ Nelson Institute. i ... New Plymouth Borough Electric and Waterworks Loans Validation. Otago Harbour Board Empowering. ■ Petono Water-supply Conservation. Tapamii Hospital Reserves Vesting. Taranaki Botanic Garden Act Amendment. Thames Harbour Board. Waipawa Borough. Waipawa County. Waipukurau County. Wajr.au Harbour Board. 1 Waitara Harbour District, and Empowering. Wanganui Harbour. ■ Wellington City Empowering. Whangamomona County. Whangaroi Harbour Board. PRIVATE ACTS. _St. Andrew's Church (Wellington) Trustees Empowering. Otaki and Porirua Empowering Act. , Dunedin Suburban Gas Company Empowering. • PUBLIC BILLS DROPPED. . Abolition of Plural Voting. • Absolute Majority. Accountants. ' Barmaid Abolition. Boer Duty Act Amendment. . ' Chattels Transfer Act Amendment. City • of' Christchurch Electric Power and Loan. Empowering Amendment. ; ..Coroners Act. . . Divorce Act Amendment. . Farriers.. Eire Brigades Act Amendment. flour Duty, Abolition. Harbours. Harbour Boards. Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment. Land Agents. Lamps on Vehicles. Law .Practitioners Act Amendment. Legislative Council Election. Licensing Polls. Local Bodies' Loans Act Amendment. Magistrate's Court Act 1593 Amendment. Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment. Marriages Validation Act Amendment Act. Meiklo Acquittal. ' Mining Act Amendment. , Municipal Corporations Act Amendment. Musicians. .' ! NgaUiiiaru'- Landless Natives. Noxioiis AVoetls Act Amendment. ' Policc Offences. . . - ' Public and Bank Holidays. ' Public Sei-vico Reform. ■ ■ Produce Export Amendment. . : Quackery Prevention.• Railways Authorisation. Rangitatau Block Exchange. ; Town Districts Act Amendment. Town Districts. Tramways Amendment. Water fjiupplv. Act.Amendment. . WorkcM'sj.jljoniponsation. L(3CAL BILLS DROPPED., • Christchurch District Drainage Act Amendment.. . i ' Hokitika Harbour 1905 Amendment. ■Invercai'gill ; Public 'Offices' Sito 'Act 1875 Ainondment. ■ . ■ Murcliison County. . Opunako Harbour. : Otago Harbour Board Empowering. Waimate Noi|tli County.